EP 260: Culturally Diverse Community and Their Experiences with Addiction

Diversity

Sep 9

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EP 260: Culturally Diverse Community and Their Experiences with Addiction with Viv, Rai, and Raul — Host: Viv aka Sober iThrive
Guests: Rai and Raul

Host: Viv aka Sober_iThrive

Guests: Rai and Rail aka Lil Raulito

Join Rai, Raul, and Viv Sober_I_Thrive As we discuss “getting sober” in a Multi-Cultural Diverse Community and how breaking our limiting beliefs within our cultural barriers of Addiction ❤️‍🩹 Recovery could have stopped us from getting sober.

The making of “Sobersquad” as told by Raulito, who is one of the founding fathers and the Terrible 😢 Anxiety that plagued Rai to join the one and only Zoom at the time, why it took me so long to integrate myself on Zoom, and my own personal cultural biases.

If you FEAR joining Zooms, this podcast is for YOU; we share with so much vulnerability in hopes of reaching out to those who feel alone, scared 😱 and FEAR WHAT OTHERS.

Rai was born in Guam, where both her parents were heavy drinkers. After moving stateside, she confesses that she has felt alone most of her life, but through sobriety, she has grown into herself, finding her voice within her sober family. She now strives to be as open and present as possible so that others may not feel as alone as she once did and is breaking the generational cycle of alcoholism within her own family with her son; currently, at age thirty, she has 20 months of sobriety and hopes one day to become a published author.

My name is Raul, aka Lil Raulito, and my strides in recovery humble me. I didn’t think I would ever be able to break away from my addiction, yet here I sit, a couple of weeks away from hitting the 1,000-day mark. The reason I remain connected with our tribe is to give back what was freely given to me. I want to represent my Higher Power and share my message of strength and hope. I can’t do this alone, and I stay connected with the fellowship to stay sober. Sometimes the fellowship lifts me up, and other times I’m part of helping others. I’m blessed to have found a community, and I’m grateful to be part of this community.